The Sandy Springs City Council is set to grapple Tuesday with a nearly $40 million price tag tied to schematic and site-planning work for two new fire stations and a batch of transportation projects. Council members will huddle first in a 2 p.m. budget workshop, then reconvene for a 6 p.m. work session in the Studio Theatre at City Springs, where staff will walk them through designs, contract updates and a TSPLOST project list that city materials show would steer roughly $129 to $130 million in Fulton County sales-tax revenue into Sandy Springs.
According to Atlanta News First, Fire Chief Keith Sanders outlined schematic estimates for the two stations in a memo to city leaders. The document details a replacement Fire Station No. 1 of about 21,618 square feet at 1425 Spalding Drive, along with a two-story Fire Station No. 4 paired with an 11,561-square-foot logistics building at 5275 Roswell Road. Reeves Young’s schematic pricing for both facilities is reported at about $37,630,250.
Designs, contracts and who’s on the job
The City’s Public Facilities Authority has already nudged the projects into the procurement lane. A resolution from the City of Sandy Springs awarded architectural and engineering services to Hussey, Gay, Bell & DeYoung, listing the design contract amount at roughly $2.17 million. A later action by the City of Sandy Springs named Reeves Young as the construction manager at risk in March 2026.
Those moves set the project team and procurement road map in place, even as councilors now weigh whether the schematic phase should move forward at the current estimated price or be dialed back.
Where the money would come from
City staff say the upfront spending would be covered through a mix of TSPLOST allocations and revenue bonds the city put in place in 2025. The City of Sandy Springs TSPLOST project list shows $44.6 million earmarked for Phase 2 of the Hammond Drive widening project and $16 million for the capital sidewalk program, feeding into a roughly $129.2 million total across tiers.
The city also filed a 2025 preliminary official statement through Edward Jones describing revenue-bond financing for the public-safety projects, laying out how borrowing would support the fire station work and other capital needs.
Community reaction and what to watch
The price tags and potential sites are not exactly fresh territory for controversy. Neighbors pushed back when the city moved to issue bonds last year, and public meetings on Hammond Drive have zeroed in on property impacts and right-of-way questions. Rough Draft Atlanta reported resident opposition at an August 2025 council meeting, and those same concerns are likely to surface again as councilors decide how far to go with schematic work.
Tonight’s council action will determine whether the schematic packages and site plans head into detailed design or whether staff are told to trim scope and try to shave costs. Residents can watch the meeting live or review materials via the City of Sandy Springs. Staff say decisions coming out of the workshop and work session will guide formal votes expected later this spring and summer.
